[Forest-list] 2014-06-22 NRMI: This Issue: Modeling Ecological Consequences and Some Other Good Things.

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2014-06-22**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:***/Modeling Ecological Consequences/*and Some Other Good Things.

*BUT FIRST, WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP? Seeking advice regarding good GPS 
enabled camera for field work. *Kevin Mueller writes, /Hi All - Does 
anyone have advice concerning reliable and affordably priced GPS enabled 
digital cameras for field work? If yes, I'm interested in lessons 
learned and models preferred. GPS accuracy and time taken to get a solid 
GPS read before each picture is important. Durability is important, but 
not as important as a quick and solid GPS read. Advice and lessons 
learned from those on the list with first person experience is greatly 
appreciated/! If you can help, please contact Kevin at 
kmueller at wildearthguardians.org <mailto:kmueller at wildearthguardians.org>.

*MODELING ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES -- *Recently there was some 
correspondence on one of the lists regarding the use of GIS to model 
ecological consequences. Here are some sites that may be of interest.

Apodaca, Joseph J. et al. 2010. *Combining biotic surveys, GIS modeling, 
and ecological genetics to prioritize land purchases for the 
conservation of the federally threatened Red Hills salamander 
(/Phaeognathus hubrichti/).* 
<https://www.outdooralabama.com/research-mgmt/State%20Wildlife%20Grants/RHS%20Genetics%20Final%20Report.pdf> 
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources State Wildlife 
Grants Program. 73 p.

Bohanec, Marko et al.2001. *Multi-attribute modelling of economic and 
ecological impacts of cropping systems* 
<http://kt.ijs.si/MarkoBohanec/pub/Informatica2004.pdf>. Informatica 25. 
6 p.

Botkin, Daniel B. et a. 1972. *Some Ecological Consequences of a 
Computer Model of Forest 
Growth.*<http://disi.unal.edu.co/%7Egjhernandezp/sim/JABOWA.pdf>Journal 
of Ecology 60(3): 849-872.

Evans, Matthew R. 2012. *Modelling ecological systems in a changing 
world* 
<http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/367/1586/181.full>. 
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 367(1586):181-190.

Gontier, Mikael. 2007. *Scale issues in the assessment of ecological 
impacts using a GIS-based habitat model --- A case study for the 
Stockholm region.* 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925507000194>Environmental 
Impact Assessment Review 27(5): 440--459. Abstract

Huber, R., et al. 2013. *Modeling social-ecological feedback effects in 
the implementation of payments for environmental services in 
pasture-woodlands* <http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss2/art41/>. 
Ecology and Society 18(2): 41.

McDonald, Amanda A. et al. 2001. *A socio-economic-ecological simulation 
model of land acquisition to expand a national wildlife refuge* 
<http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.122.8571&rep=rep1&type=pdf>. 
Ecological Modelling 140: 99--110.

McPherson, Matthew et al. 2008. *GIS-based Modeling of Environmental 
Risk Surfaces (ERS) for Conservation Planning in Jamaica* 
<http://maps.usm.edu/pat/files/jcp.pdf>. Journal of Conservation 
Planning 4: 60-89.

Miller, Jennifere; Rogan, John. 2007. *10 Using GIS and remote sensing 
for ecological mapping and monitoring* 
<http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/pdfs/miller%20%26%20rogan%20book%20chpt10.pdf>. 
In: Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing. 36 p.

Park, Richard A. et al. 2008. *AQUATOX: Modeling environmental fate and 
ecological effects in aquatic ecosystems.* 
<http://www.jlakes.org/web/AQUATOX-EM2008.pdf>Ecological Modelling 
213:1-15. **

Pastorok, Robert A. et al. 2003. *Role of Ecological Modeling in Risk 
Assessment.* 
<http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/ClimateChangeWhiteboard/Resources/Uncertainty/Mac1/pastorock03.pdf>Human 
and Ecological Risk Assessment 9(4): 939-972

Skår, S., et al. 2013. *Modelling the ecological consequences of whole 
tree harvest for bioenergy production* 
<http://www.skogoglandskap.no/filearchive/egu2013-3143.pdf>. Geophysical 
Research Abstracts 15: 3143. Abstract.

Tilman, David. 1999. *The ecological consequences of changes in 
biodiversity: A search for general principles* 
<http://www.esa.org/history/Awards/papers/Tilman_D_MA.pdf>.Ecology, 
80(5): 1455--1474

*Tool - Probabilistic analysis of ecological effects - Cause-effect 
chain modeling.* 
<https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/BWN/Tool+-+Probabilistic+analysis+of+ecological+effects-+Cause-effect+chain+modeling+-+PDF>**

Wang, W., et al. 2012*. **Drought-induced tree mortality: ecological 
consequences, causes, and modeling* 
<https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=34358>*. *Environ. Rev. 
20:109-121. Abstract.

Wood G, 2003. *Modelling the ecological footprint of green travel plans 
using GIS and network analysis: from metaphor to management tool?* 
<http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=b12995>Environment and Planning 
B: Planning and Design 30(4): 523-540. Abstract.

*SOME PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Henderson, A.E.; Davis, S.K. 2014. *Rangeland health assessment: a 
useful tool for linking range management and grassland bird 
conservation? <http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2111/REM-D-12-00140.1>* 
Rangeland Ecol. Manag. 67(1):88-98. Abstrct/

Hubert, Thomas 2014. *Better information flows needed for REDD+ 
monitoring, report says. 
<http://blog.cifor.org/22757/better-information-flows-needed-for-redd-monitoring-report-says#.U40BwiqF87w>* 
Forest News.

Imai, N., et al. 2014. *Tree community composition as an indicator in 
biodiversity monitoring of REDD+. 
<http://reddcommunity.org/sites/default/files/field/publications/Forest%20Ecol%20Manage%202014%20Biodiversity%20monitoring%20for%20REDD%2B%20Imai%20et%20al.pdf> 
*Forest Ecol. Manag. 313:169-179.

Johnson, C.J. 2013. *Identifying ecological thresholds for regulating 
human activity: effective conservation or wishful 
thinking?<http://openagricola.nal.usda.gov/Record/IND500715846>*Biol. 
Conserv. 168:57-65.

Junk, W.J., et al. 2014. *Brazilian wetlands: their definition, 
delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, 
and protection 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2386/abstract>*. Aquat. 
Conserv. 24(1):5-22. Abstract.

Kaplan, H., et al.2014. *Incorporating risk mapping at multiple spatial 
scales into eradication management plans 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-013-0611-z#page-1>*. 
Biol. Invasions 16(3):691-703. Page 1.

Kefauver, Shawn. C. et al. 2013. *Using topographic and remotely sensed 
variables to assess ozone injury to conifers in the Sierra Nevada (USA) 
and Catalonia (Spain).* 
<http://www.creaf.uab.cat/global-ecology/Pdfs_UEG/2013%20RemSensEnv.pdf>Remote 
Sensing of Environment 139: 138--148

Koch, K., et al. 2014. *Farmland versus forest: comparing changes in 
Odonata species composition in western and eastern Sweden. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12034/abstract>* Insect 
Conserv. Divers. 7(1):22-31. Abstract.

Lacher, I.; Wilkerson, M.L. 2014. *Wildlife connectivity approaches and 
best practices in U.S. state wildlife action plans. 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24372554>* Conserv. Biol. 28(1):13-21

Lawson, S.S., and Michler, C.H. 2014. *Afforestation, restoration and 
regeneration - not all trees are created equal 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-014-0426-5#page-1>*. J. 
Forest. Res. 25(1):3-20 Page 1.

Lindenmayer, D.B., et al. 2014. *Broad decline of populations of large 
old trees. <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12079/full>* 
Conserv. Lett. 7(1):72-73.

Lindenmayer, D.B., et al. 2014. *New policies for old trees: averting a 
global crisis in a keystone ecological structure 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12013/abstract>*. 
Conserv. Lett. 7(1):61-69. Abstract.

Mansourian, S.; Vallauri, D. 2014. *Restoring forest landscapes: 
important lessons learnt 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-013-0213-7#page-1>*. 
Environ. Manage. 53(2):241-251. Page 1.

Måren, I.E., et al. 2014*. Forest ecosystem services and biodiversity in 
contrasting Himalayan forest management systems. 
<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9155191>* 
Environ. Conserv. 41(1):73-83. Abstract.

Marques, T.; Schoereder, J.H. 2014. *Ant diversity partitioning across 
spatial scales: ecological processes and implications for conserving 
Tropical Dry Forests. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.12046/abstract>* Austral 
Ecol. 39(1):72-82. Abstract.

Mesavafe, Clement. 1971. *STX timber estimating with 3P sampling and 
dendrometry 
<http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112019254959;view=1up;seq=1>*).

Miklín, J.; C(íz(ek, L. 2014. *Erasing a European biodiversity hot-spot: 
open woodlands, veteran trees and mature forests succumb to forestry 
intensification, succession, and logging in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138113000794?np=y>*. 
J. Nature Conserv. 22(1):35-41. Absract.

Mokany, K., et al. 2014. *Identifying priority areas for conservation 
and management in diverse tropical forests. 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0089084>* 
PLoS ONE 9(2):e89084

Naren, Kuch; Peer, Zsombor 2014. *As Forests Fall, Carbon Credit Plan 
Faces Collapse. 
<http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-forests-fall-carbon-credit-plan-faces-collapse-59938/>* 
The Cambodia Daily.

Newman, M.E., et al. 2014. *Assessing deforestation and fragmentation in 
a tropical moist forest over 68 years; the impact of roads and legal 
protection in the Cockpit Country, Jamaica. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112713008360>* 
Forest Ecol. Manag. 315:138-152. Abstract.

Ojigi, Lazaurs M; Eyo, Etim E. 2014. *Boundary Mapping and Geodatabase 
Strategy for National Security Information System in Nigeria 
<http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JIEA/article/download/11040/11342>*. 
?Journal of Information Engineering and Applications 4(2). 9 p.

Piana, R.P.; Marsden, S.J. 2014. *Impacts of cattle grazing on forest 
structure and raptor distribution within a neotropical protected area 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-013-0616-z#page-1>*. 
Biodivers. Conserv. 23(3):559-572. Page 1.

Pichancourt, J.B., et al. 2014. *Growing biodiverse carbon-rich forests. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12345/abstract>* Global 
Change Biol. 20(2):382-393. Abstract

Piedrce, W.R.; Eddleman, L.E. 1973. *A Test of Stereophotographic 
Sampling in Grasslands 
<https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/article/viewFile/6172/5782>*. 
Journal of Range Management 26(2): 148-150.

Pritt, J.J.; Frimpong, E.A. 2014. *The effect of sampling intensity on 
patterns of rarity and community assessment metrics in stream fish 
samples 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X13005128>*. 
Ecol. Indic. 39:169-178. Abstract.

*KEEPING UP-TO-DATE -- PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS.*See 
also 
http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm 
<http://botany.si.edu/puhttps:/www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm>, 
http://scholar.google.com/, and**Directory of Open Access Journals. 
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.

*Infosylva*-- The latest of FAO's Forestry new clippings, issue 11/2014, 
is now available at 
http://www.fao.org/forestry/41100-025e2009301af56a90328d3a9aee31727.pdf

*WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC*. -- See also: 
http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and 
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.

*MOVING AHEAD -- OPPORTUNITIES*-- See also: Scholarships-Positions 
<http://scholarship-positions.com/>, Forestry, Arboriculture, 
Agriculture, Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at 
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, 
Forestry, & Farming Jobs http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html, Forestry 
Careers & Degrees: A Guide for Students - 
http://www.firescience.org/forestry-degree-programs-online/ ; Finding 
Your Dream Job in Natural Resources http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/, 
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html The Job Seekers Guide for 
International and Environmental Careers 
_http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm _and Scholarship Listing 
_http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/_.

*Call for Contributions- Forest Information Billboard. *If you have 
something to share with the forest community related to forest data 
collection, publications, databases or meetings, kindly send your 
contribution to the Forest Information Billboard by 30 June 2014 (focal 
point: Elina Warsta, elina.warsta at unece.org 
<mailto:elina.warsta at unece.org>). Please mention if you wish to include 
your contribution to the Global Forest Information Service (GFIS) for 
wider visibility. Dates to provide information for the coming issues are 
15 September 2014 and 15 December 2014. We would kindly remind you that 
the initiative for the billboard originated from member States: your 
efforts will be valuable reading for many. The announcements should not 
be longer than 250 words, with a link to the full source of information. 
Figures or pictures are also welcome. More information about the 
billboard is available at: 
http://www.unece.org/forests-welcome/about-us/forest-information-billboard.html. 
 From UNECE/FAOforests.

*PhD opportunity in Dublin, Ireland*- ShortFor Project -- Biomass and 
Renewable Energy from Short Rotation Forestry. The aims of ShorFor are 
to explore the potential of short rotation forestry to contribute to 
biomass production and renewable energy targets in Ireland. ShortFor is 
a multidisciplinary collaboration between several national institutions 
in Ireland, including University College Dublin, Limerick University, 
Trinity College Dublin, Waterford Institute of Technology, and Teagasc. 
The project is being funded from 2014-2017 by the Department of 
Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and is led by Dr Conor O'Reilly 
of UCD. Interested individuals are requested to visit the site 
http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=52245&LID=361 
and to apply through that site. From Charles Harper, UCD Forestry.

*Translators for Vietnam forest inventory visit to US*-The USDA Forest 
Service and the SilvaCarbon Program are looking for a translator to help 
host a small delegation of Vietnamese officials. - Qualified candidates 
must be 1) fluent in Vietnamese, 2) familiar with the technical jargon 
of forest inventory sampling and plot design, and 3) comfortable 
translating between Vietnamese and English for several hours at a time. 
- The dates for this assignment are August 25-29, 2014. - The location 
for this assignment is Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA. A modest 
salary will be provided and travel costs will be covered. For more 
information, please contact Darcy Nelson at darcynelson at fs.fed.us 
<mailto:darcynelson at fs.fed.us>. From Chip Scott, USDA FS.

*NEXT ISSUE/: Measuring and Monitoring Forest Degradation and 
Deforestation/***

*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

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